Metallic railway-tie.



F. H. URBAN. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28 1905 IN VEN 7' OR.

ATTORNY.

PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRIOK H. URBAN, OF BRAZIL, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-FOURTH TO LITTLETON REFFET AND ONE-HALF TO ORLY E. ADAMS, OF BRAZIL, INDIANA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed September 28, 1905. Serial No. 280,456.

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRICK H. URBAN, of Brazil, county of Clay, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Metallic Railway-Tie; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,-reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide for railroad use an improved metal cross-tie.

One feature of the invention consists in making the cross-tie with a pair of integral rail-holding abutments extending and inclined in the same direction and cooperating with a pair of removable rail-holding abutments extending and inclined in the opposite direction between which the railway-rails are held, whereby the cross-tie may be readily removed and replaced. To this end each removable rail-holding abutment has a foot that projects under a flange made integral with the cross-tie.

Another feature of this invention consists in placing under the rail and in the cross-tie a bed-plate made of wood or other yielding material and holding said bed-plate in place by a flange on one side of the tie and a key or other removable means on theother side of the tie.

These and other features of the invention will be more fully understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the railway cross-tie, the railway-rails being in section and the tie being centrally broken away and screws being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end of the cross-tie, showing the remote side of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the right-hand end of Fig.1 with the removable rail-holding abutment and the bolt through it omitted and part of the key for holding the wooden base in place removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a removable rail-holding abutment; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one end of a tie and the abutting ends of two rails.

The drawings show in detail a cross-tie consisting of a main portion 10, with an A-shaped upper surface or rib 11. Near each end the cross-tie is transversely channeled in the upper side thereof to provide a place or seat for a bed-plate 12, made of wood or other yielding material, for the rail 13 to rest upon. On one side of each rail and the same side of each of the two rails a rail-holding abutment 14 is made integral with the cross-tie and extends upward at an inclination toward and against the rail, with the said integral abutments 1 1 for the two rails extending and being inclined in the same direction to engage corresponding sides of the two rails. The railengaging surface of said abutment is preferably formed, as shown, so as to engage the web of the rail and the surface below the head of the rail and the upper surface of the flange of the rail. On the other side of each rail a removable rail-holding abutment 15 is placed, that is substantially similar to the abutment 14, excepting that it has a foot or plate 16 extending horizontally away from the rail, so as to fit in a recess under the flange 17, that is integral with the cross-tie and that extends toward the rail, so as to overlap the foot 16'. The removable abutments are slipped laterally in place under the overlapping flanges 17 and held in place by bolts 18, that enter thread-holes in the overlapping flanges, feet 16, and the cross-tie, as shown by dotted line in Fig. 1.

To aid in placing the abutment, there is a flange 19 on one side of the cross-tie, which one end of the rail-holding abutment engages when the latter is slipped in place. A flange 20 is also provided integral with the crosstie on one side thereof to limit the inward movement of the wooden bed-plate 12 when it is being inserted and assist in holding said plate in place; The flange 20 has an opening 21, through which a tool may be inserted for driving the wooden plate out in removing the same. The other end of the wooden bed-plate is held in place and engaged by a key 22, that extends through an eye on one rail-holding abutment and an eye 24 on the cross-tie. Hence the key 22 can be removed and the wooden plate 12 taken out and a new plate put in place when desired. The A-shaped rib 11 has two functions. One is to prevent people walking on the railway-track, and the other is to reinforce the various upward extensions from the body of the cross-tie, including the abutment 14 and the flange 17. Fish-plates need not be used for the ends of the rails, as they are held in place by bolts 25, that extend through the webs of the rails and the abutment on each side thereof.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A metal cross-tie for railway use provided with an integral rail-holding abutment for engaging one side of the Web of the rail and an integral flange on the cross-tie extendin toward the other side of the rail, a removab e rail-holding abutment movable in place under said flange and adapted to engage the web of the rail, and means extending through said flange and abutment into the cross-tie for removably securing it to the cross-tie.

2. A metal cross-tie for railway use provided with a air of oppositely-extending and inclined railolding abutments, one of which is integral with the cross-tie and the other is removably secured thereto, a plate of wood or other similar material between said rail-holding abutments upon which the rail rests, and removable means for holding said wooden plate in place.

3. A metal cross-tie for railway use having a pair of oppositely-extending rail-holding abutments, one of which is integral with the cross-tie and the other removably secured thereto, a plate of wood or similar material between said abutments on which the rail rests, a flange secured to one side of the cross-tie for engaging one end of said plate and holding it in place, said flange having in it an opening through which a tool may be inserted for removing said plate, and means removably secured to the cross-tie for engaging and holding the other end of said late.

p 4. A metal cross-tie for railway use consisting of a main or body portion, a rail-holding abutment integral therewith, for engaging one side of each rail and integral flanges on the other side of each rail, removable railway-abutments secured under said flanges, and an A-shaped rib along the upper surface of said. cross-tie that reinforces said integral abutments and flanges.

In witness whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

FREDRIOK H. URBAN Witnesses:

O. B. SMITHsoN, R. W. OOFFEY. 

